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Those complaining about the SBC rules miss the point. They should be able to make whatever rules they want. You don’t have to work there.

I worked at a SBC school for 4 years (in AL) and had no such requirement. But I am almost certain that any SBC entity which autonomously decides to have such a requirement does so for witness sake and not for salvation sake. The SBC is fully committed to the doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith alone.

We had a faculty member who was videotaped at a club dancing on the tables there as he (presumably drunk) stripped. He was fired. It had nothing to do with his eternal salvation being lost, it had to do with his witness and the school’s witness. Any entity is allowed to have its standards of conduct.

There are a significant number of churches in Alabama which teach baptismal regeneration. That is a doctrine wholly opposed to the fundamental salvation doctrines of the SBC. I’d like to know the details here as well.

The school has the right of freedom of association. They can choose to only associate with people who share their particular beliefs. If you side with the coach and believe the government should step in and force the school to associate with those who may be opposed to its tenets, you are on the side of tyranny.

You are wrong my fellow citizen. The Constitution gives rights to individuals the right to whom they associate. Not the right of any entity that you do not belong here. The entity has a right to protect its reputation from the acts of individuals that may do it harm. For which it would do harm to other individuals in that entity.

August 3, 2013 at 11:18pm

Outburst responded:

I should sort of correct myself. Our Constitution was to protect our rights from other men. That the rights we have come from God or nature.

August 4, 2013 at 8:19am

BerettaM9 responded:

Right on with your comment Devon. End of Story you bunch tyranny supporters who want the Government to step in.

Where have you been? Scruffy bearded and tattooed preachers have been around since the 70s and are currently a dime a dozen. Suit, sweats, tattoos, beards… None of that trumps the message. I am neither impressed by suits or tattoos, rather by the fidelity to the true gospel and a reliance on God’s word. He is no more a preacher because of his tattoos than somebody who preached in a tux.

Yeah, we know the Left is made up of rabid racists. You don’t have to keep proving us correct.

BTW – I know a few African-Americans who are touting the “browning” of America and the supposed socialist remaking of society. Couple of things they’re not taking into account.

1) Hispanics are growing at a far more rapid pace than blacks (who have been aborting themselves into demise); why assume that the interests of Hispanics will help blacks? If the coming struggle over scarce resources (brought on by Socialist policies) is based on race, why would Hispanics give a tinker’s dam about blacks?

2) The Socialist error of thinking that wealth is a zero-sum game will hurt everyone. Wealth is created. There is not some pot of money which never changes that can simply redistributed forever. Without wealth creation, society will move towards widespread poverty, shortages and societal breakdown.

Look at “brown” coutries in South America and Africa. If simply being “brown” equals some sort of Nirvana, why are those people flocking to “white” countries? Because it’s the system, not the color. If the Left destroys the system, doesn’t matter if you’re purple, you’ll just be a poor purple person. America isn’t Somalia or Nicaragua for a reason which has nothing to do with melanin content.

Vince, McVeigh claimed he was an agnostic/atheist… So should we conclude that proves something about agnostics? The evidence is overwhelming that Islam produces the most terrorists. Only the willfully ignorant can’t see it.

Please explan the chemical reaction to account fr your belief. Please limit your response to a purely naturalistic expanation. That is, please give us the chemical equation or the physical law which accounts for your thoughts. Then explain the source of the chemical reaction.

Bonus, if all thoughts must be explained in purely natural terms as a consequence of the known laws of science, please explain the scientific explanation behind changing one’s mind. Thanks.

Define “good” and your basis for the definition. Please limit your response to a purely naturalistic explanation using the known laws of science.

Many in the middle east have no problem with rape and murder. Please explain, in scientific terms, how they are (a) wrong and (b) responsible for their beliefs or behavior as all thought is merely the result of a chemical reaction to stimuli and must be explained in terms of that chemical reaction. Thanks.

Exactly! Ha, you should have heard how my coaches talked to us? Pffft grow some nards!

July 5, 2013 at 9:39am

JustMe11 responded:

That's just it. It's not HIS church - it's GOD's church. You've hit the nail on the head!! The CHURCH is the BODY of CHRIST, not an organization, a club, or a JOB. The Bible says that people in his position will be held to a higher account on Judgement Day. If anyone needs an attitude check, it's him.

July 5, 2013 at 12:17pm

salamat_po responded:

Just like if you don't like the way Obama runs his country you can leave?
What's that? It's not his country?
It's not the pastor's church either.

WOOFSTER, my pets get better medical care than you do. But I don’t treat my animals as I do my children nor do I value them as children. It saddens me that you value animals as you do humans.

Since you don’t think I should own rescues, how about I ship them to you? I rescued these adult animals from homelessness and probable death, supply them with all the medical care they need, feed and shelter them… you wanna take over? One of the cats had her front arm caught in a lawnmower before we took her in. You might need to know that as you plan on taking on her care.

CABERNETQHS – You’re willing to judge another human in defense of an animal. Great. You feel bad for my pets, despite the fact that I rescued them. You’re a gem.

My pets get better medical care than you do… but not the same care I give my children. Sorry if putting humans above animals upsets your worldview. Can I make as assumption about you since you have about me? I feel bad for your children.

YISKA8, I’ll concede that I should have refrained from using the d-word. The point was to emphasize the place of animals in light of the human tragedy. You are absolutely correct (as are others) to assume that the dog most likely brings her a level of companionship (inferior as it can be to true human companionship) – and it may be all she has – but we’ve come to a point in our culture at which many many people equate animals with children. My sister-in-law cancelled a weekend trip with my wife because one of her bazillion dogs ran off somewhere.

For the umpteenth time, I’m happy for the lady… but as for me, I’m not going to spend my prayer time, hope and emotion on animals. Sorry if that offends and sorry for use of the d-word.